Border Keep
Built following the giant invasion of two centuries ago, the Border Keep was intended to repel raids by the giants of the Forlorn Mountains. The giants’ natural fear of the eerie forests of western Southvale (the Black Forest and the Fae Copse) ensured that their primary route of invasion was through the pass defended by Border Keep. The keep’s walls were built especially thick to withstand the thrown boulders of giants, and its heavily reinforced roofs had to be replaced after every sortie by the giants. After Southvale became a part of the empire of Oceanus, the keep was rebuilt as a star fort with low, thick walls and bastions complete with glacis to more effectively deflect the heavy missiles of attackers.
Under the command of Colonel-Commandant Usario d’Sparoza Détienatos of the Order of the Lion and manned by 500 imperial soldiers of Oceanus, a full town sprang up around the keep and provides support and services to the garrison. Called Giant Fodder by the keep’s troops, the success of the Border Keep in repelling giant invasions in recent decades has discouraged further attacks so that the town has never been razed as most assume would happen in short order. However, it has been some time since the last giant invasion and the memories of giants tend to be short, so the next attack could come at any time.
Stronghold
Border Keep
Type
Keep
Owning Organization
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